Portable data techniques for gaming devices

• US 20060148570A1
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Leopold, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US11/027,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20060148570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system

Abstract

Portable data for gaming devices is presented. Data is downloaded from a first device to a portable device. The data is uploaded from the portable device to a gaming device. In response to the uploaded data, the gaming device presents a portion of the data on a display monitor associated with the gaming device. Alternatively, the gaming device, in response to the uploaded data, produces results data, and the results data is transferred from the gaming device to the portable device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

loading, by a gaming device, data acquired from a portable device;

processing an application on the gaming device to display at least a portion of the data; and

presenting the portion on a display monitor associated with the gaming device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein loading further includes interfacing the portable device having the data to at least one of a data port associated with the gaming device and a peripheral port associated with a peripheral device which is networked to the gaming device,.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein loading further includes wirelessly transmitting the data from the portable device to at least one of the gaming device or a peripheral device networked to the gaming device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein processing further includes executing on the gaming device at least one of a media player application, a word processing application, a browser application, a document viewer application, and a custom script that takes the data as input and presents the portion of the data on the display monitor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting further includes presenting the portion of the data on the display monitor, wherein the display monitor is at least one of a game monitor used by the gaming device to display game images and videos to betters and a service monitor accessed by technicians that service the gaming device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

producing results data associated with processing the data; and

transmitting the results data to the portable device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising, downloading the data to the portable device before loading the data to the gaming device.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving data from a first device;

providing the data to a gaming device; and

receiving results data from the gaming device, wherein the results data is produced by the gaming device in response to the provided data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the data further includes receiving the data as test data associated with a diagnostic test that executes on the gaming device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the data further includes wirelessly transmitting the data to the gaming device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the data further includes directly transmitting the data via a port associated with the gaming device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the data further includes indirectly transmitting the data via a port associated with a peripheral device networked to the gaming device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the results data further includes receiving the results data from the gaming device from at least one of a wireless communication port, a wired port, or a peripheral port networked to the gaming device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the data is initiated by the first device.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the data is initiated by the gaming device.

16. A system, comprising:

a portable device; and

a gaming device, wherein the portable device is adapted to record data from one or more other devices and the gaming device is adapted to acquire the data from the portable device and present at least a portion of the data on a display associated with the gaming device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the portable device is adapted to wirelessly communicate the data to the gaming device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the portable device is adapted to communicate the data to the gaming device by directly connecting to at least one of a port associated with the gaming device and a port associated with a peripheral device networked to the gaming device.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the display is adapted to present gaming data associated with betting games executed on the gaming device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the display is one of at least two displays associated with the gaming device, and situated on an inside portion of the gaming device.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the gaming device is adapted to produce results data associated with the gaming device and to store the results data on the portable device.

22. A portable device, comprising:

a port adapted to interface with a first device; and

storage adapted to receive data from the first device through the port, and wherein the port is further adapted to interface with a gaming device and transfer the data from the storage.

23. The portable device of claim 22, wherein the portable device is a memory stick and further adapted to affix to a keychain for transport.

24. The portable device of claim 22, wherein the port is adapted to directly connect to gaming device port associated with the gaming device.

25. The portable device of claim 22, wherein the port is adapted to directly connect to a peripheral port associated with a peripheral networked to the gaming device.

26. The portable device of claim 22, wherein the port is further adapted to acquire results data from the gaming device and store the results data within the storage.